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title: 'Corporate Counsel at Bellota Labs'
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# Corporate Counsel at Bellota Labs

- **Company:** Bellota Labs
- **Location:** Redwood City, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/bellotalabs/843ed11b-1d4a-4527-b178-617210fe5366

## Job description

Bellota Labs — ClubWPT Gold

At Bellota Labs, we're a fast-paced, hypergrowth startup poised to revolutionize the gaming world with ClubWPT Gold — a groundbreaking product featuring the World Poker Tour. Driven by innovation, game integrity, and exceptional customer experiences, we're on a mission to set new standards in online gaming. We're seeking a Corporate Counsel to join our Legal team and serve as a trusted, hands-on legal partner across the business, with deep expertise in iGaming and sweepstakes law. This is a high-impact role for someone who wants real ownership over complex, fast-moving legal work — not just a seat at the table.

## Key Responsibilities

- Serve as a legal advisor on sweepstakes compliance, gaming regulations, and general corporate promotional law across all jurisdictions we operate in.
- Partner closely with the Head of Legal to build out and scale the legal function as the company grows.
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, vendor agreements, licensing deals, and partnership agreements.
- Provide practical, business-first guidance on gray areas of gaming law — helping the business move fast while staying within acceptable risk tolerance.
- Advise on employment law matters and ensure compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
- Monitor and interpret evolving state and federal gaming, sweepstakes, and consumer protection regulations, translating them into clear guidance for the business.
- Manage relationships with outside counsel and regulators where needed, and lead select matters independently.
- Support corporate governance, risk management, and day-to-day business operations.
- Review marketing, advertising, and promotional materials for legal and regulatory compliance.
- Help build out internal legal processes, templates, and playbooks as the team scales.

## What We Are Looking For

- 4+ years of experience in general business law, with meaningful focus on gaming, sweepstakes, media, entertainment, or tech startups.
- Direct experience in iGaming and/or sweepstakes law is stronglylaw strongly preferred.
- Background in a large law firmBig Law and/or in-house at a high-growth company; comfortable operating with startup speed and ambiguity.
- Strong track record in contract negotiation, regulatory compliance, and risk management.
- A proactive, business-first mindset — comfortable making calls in fast-moving, high-ambiguity environments.
- NOT a litigator — we're looking for a strategic legal partner and skilled negotiator, not trial experience.
- Highly independent and self-directed, capable of owning a wide range of legal matters with minimal oversight.
- Excited about flexible, remote work with significant responsibility and room to grow into broader legal leadership over time.

If you're excited to be part of a fast-growing team redefining the online gaming experience, we'd love to hear from you. Join us at Bellota Labs and help shape the future of gaming innovation!

## About Bellota Labs

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: A hybrid game development and publishing studio that partners with world-class brands to build digital experiences players love, with a focus on online poker through its debut title ClubWPT Gold.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no public funding rounds found)
- **Headquarters**: Redwood City, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed; CEO is Silvano Cafolla

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Computer Games / Online Gaming
- Target customers: B2B (brand partners) and B2C (players of partnered games); the debut title targets the online poker audience.
- Mission or purpose: “Build fun experiences for popular games” and “build digital experiences that players keep coming back to.”

## Products & Services
- **[ClubWPT Gold]**: A groundbreaking online poker product described as the studio’s flagship. It is a game publishing effort that leverages brand partnerships (e.g., World Poker Tour) to launch with a built-in player base. Type: Game (online poker platform).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total headcount of ~66 employees (LinkedIn, 2026), with 105% year-over-year growth.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partners with world-class brands (e.g., WPT Enterprises, Inc.); no external investors publicly named.
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid headcount growth (doubled in a year); active hiring across engineering, design, product, and sales; debut title launched to an established player base; team includes veterans from Riot Games, DraftKings, PokerStars, and Skillz.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Small, nimble team**: “No prototypes that collect dust” – everything built launches to real players with real engagement metrics.
- **Built-in audience**: Brand partners bring millions of users before a line of code is written.
- **Industry veteran leadership**: Founders and early hires shipped hits at major studios; culture emphasizes speed, ownership, and minimal process.
- **AI-assisted development**: The team leans heavily into AI tools to move fast and build smarter.

## Strategic Focus
- Current priorities: Scaling the studio, expanding the ClubWPT Gold player base, and selectively partnering with additional world-class brands to create new digital experiences.
- Future direction: Continuing to revolutionize the online poker/gaming space and building a portfolio of games that are “fun, rewarding, and built to last.”

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Small team. Big ambitions.” Everyone owns their craft, pitches ideas, and has direct impact. Described as a place where builders, not seat-fillers, thrive.
- **Work policy**: Hybrid – team gathers in the downtown Redwood City office at least twice a week for collaboration, playtesting, and game nights; remote the rest of the time.
- **Perks**: Competitive salary, top-tier medical coverage, unlimited PTO, premium equipment budget, frequent catered meals, and an office with a “neighborhood with actual energy” (near Caltrain, restaurants, bars).
- **Engineering culture**: Strong opinions on tools welcomed; stack varies by project; AI-assisted development is encouraged; experienced team with zero dead weight.

## Sources
1. [bellotalabs.com](https://bellotalabs.com/)
2. [jobs.lever.co/bellotalabs](https://jobs.lever.co/bellotalabs)
3. [linkedin.com/company/bellota-labs](https://linkedin.com/company/bellota-labs)
4. [builtin.com/company/bellota-labs](https://builtin.com/company/bellota-labs)
5. [theorg.com/org/bellota-labs](https://theorg.com/org/bellota-labs)

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